Egypt

Italian tourist kills Egyptian engineer in Marsa Alam

Egyptian Engineer Tarek Ahmed Abdel Hamid also known as
Tarek el-Henawy was killed by an Italian tourist in Red Sea resort of Marsa
Alam on Friday

Tarek was an engineering supervisor at a hotel in Marsa Alam
where the Italian tourist stays.

Eyewitnesses said that the incident began when the Italian tourist
was stopped by workers from entering a restricted under construction area, the
tourist did not approve; they had to call a supervisor. The workers called engineer
Tarek el-Henway and informed him, Tarek spoke with the tourist on the worker’s
phone and warned him of how dangerous it is to enter the area, again the tourist
did not approve.

“Due to the tourist’s stubbornness, the engineer had to go himself
and talk to him; they had a dispute that made the tourist beat the
engineer. Tarek bled much and was reportedly dead after few minutes,” they added.

The Egyptian prosecution ordered to detain the Italian tourist
pending investigations for beating an Egyptian to death in Red Sea resort of
Marsa Alam on Friday, according to a statement by the tourism ministry.

The Italian tourist confessed to assaulting the Egyptian engineer
and was later arrested.

The tourist was arrested by Marsa Alam police, and an autopsy will be performed Friday to determine the cause of
death, sources said.

Senior officials in the tourism sector are in contact with
the Italian embassy in Cairo and the Italian consulate in Hurghada.